As the scolding continued to come from the pit.

Erhu's face changed, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the pit was dug by the minister, and Li Xiao scolded the minister, not Your Majesty." ”

"Hmph."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and didn't say anything.

It depends on that you are my grandson-in-law, I don't know the situation, don't blame those who don't know.

"Hang him for a while."

Hearing that the pit had begun to scold the eighteenth generation of his ancestors, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to make this kid suffer a little.

"Your Majesty, sit down."

Erhu took a small folding bench and put it on the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned against the big tree and sat under the tree to enjoy the shade.

After sitting for a while, the shouts in the pit became "help" and "Is there anyone?" "Help me".

After another half hour, the voice grew quieter.

In short, no one cares.

Li Xiao shouted and cut his throat, and he couldn't see a single figure.

Because of this road, he has long been given to Bao Yuan'er by Jinyiwei.

Passers-by have to take a detour.

At this time, Li Xiao, who was in the pit, felt bitter.

It is said that if you don't make a phone call while driving, you will be prone to car accidents, which is true.

Just now.

While riding a horse, Li Xiao used telepathy to make a hot phone with his daughter-in-law.

Tell her she's coming back soon, and there's a surprise.

was chatting energetically, and suddenly fell into the pit, and he didn't come back to his senses at all.

"Ah, the first car accident that crossed into the Ming Dynasty came later than ever."

Li Xiao wanted to cry without tears, and looked around, there were dirt walls.

The pothole has to look like five or six meters.

I don't know which one of the heartless people dug such a hole on the road.

In normal times, with Li Xiao's skills, he can easily get out of trouble.

But this horse. It weighed 1,000 pounds, and when it fell, the horse flipped over and pressed against his body, and with the acceleration of gravity, he pressed against his leg, and his leg broke.

Although Li Xiao is the body of a peerless general, the peerless general is also a person, and he can't use internal force to recover his injuries like the martial arts master in the middle.

Li Xiao forcefully pulled his foot out of the horse's body, touched the foot bones, and felt it with his consummation-level medical skills.

"It's okay, it's not serious, it's just that it hurts my muscles and bones for a hundred days, and I'm afraid it will take some time to recover."

Li Xiao secretly said that he was lucky, and at the same time reminded himself in his heart.

Although his attribute points are full, he is not invincible.

Poisons, poisonous smoke, traps. and other messy things, they may harm their lives, and these things are impossible to prevent.

Li Xiao looked at the horse in front of him that had fallen to death, "Horse, horse, I'm sorry, I'll have a good baby in the next life, be a person." ”

When he fell just now, he really threw Li Xiao to pieces, and he was a little tired from shouting for help.

"It's better to worship Buddha than to jump, and it's better to ask for others than to seek yourself."

Li Xiao lay in the pit, planning to take a break to recover his strength and then find a way to get out.

After resting for half an hour, Li Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.

He heard the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of carriages, and someone must have come.

On the road outside, Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting in an ordinary carriage, and Erhu was driving towards this side with the carriage as a coachman.

"Help!! Help me!! ”

Li Xiao hurriedly shouted loudly.

Although his leg is broken, he still has strength in his hand, and he can climb up by throwing a rope at random someone.

"It seems that someone, master, went over and took a look."

Erhu said something outside, then walked over, looked down at the pit, and then shouted towards the carriage: "Master, there is a big pit here, and a young man has fallen into it." ”

Li Xiao saw the person and hurriedly beckoned: "Brother Tai, save me, the grace of dripping water, the spring reciprocates, throw a rope down, I Li will have a heavy thanks!" ”

Ordinary carriages will have a thick hemp rope on it.

Wheels can be used when they get stuck in mud or roll over.

"You wait."

Erhu shouted.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang also got down from the carriage, looked down at the pit, and said, "Young man, why are you so careless, you haven't seen such a big pit?" ”

"Old man, you are doing well, help me, there will be a lot of thanks." Li Xiao lit up the golden beans in his hand, and he had already formed some habits in his hand.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and immediately scolded: "You young man doesn't know what to do, are we greedy for money?" If you don't say it, we'll save it. ”

And at this time,

The second tiger had already tied the rope to the carriage, and the other end was dropped.

"Thank you, old man."

Li Xiao grabbed the rope and climbed out directly through the rope with his strong arm strength.

Originally, Erhu planned to pull him out, but then found that he didn't need it at all.

This stunned Zhu Yuanzhang.

This grandson-in-law can, and he can actually climb out by himself.

After crawling out, Li Xiao wanted to stand up, but found that his feet hurt badly and bared his teeth.

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, his heart should not have broken his foot, right?

I knew that Erhu was going to come up with such a bad idea, so I might as well give up.

"Young man, are you okay with your legs?"

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Erhu coldly and said, "Don't go and see it yet." ”

Erhu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly squatted down to check, knowing that he had indeed gone too far this time, and the saint was afraid that he was a little unhappy.

Ay. The second tiger sighed in his heart, and accompanied the king like a tiger.

In fact, Erhu is also difficult to do, after Zhu Yuanzhang made this request, he thought about it all night, but he didn't figure it out.

In addition, time is pressing, and this matter must be kept secret and cannot be discussed with others.

I had to think of a simple and crude way.

"No, no, no."

Li Xiao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't hide it, I am Lang Zhong myself, I have already checked it myself, it is not a big problem, I only need to recuperate for a few days." ”

Hearing this,

Erhu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and helped Li Xiao to sit in front of the carriage.

"Old man, and this brother, I don't know what to call it?"

Li Xiao arched his hand.

In any case, if someone else saves him, he still has to be thanked.

After being in Daming for so long, it is the first time to receive favors from others, and others have received favors from themselves before.

"My name is Zhang Hu, this is the head of our family, you call Master Huang."

Erhu introduced himself.

Then he introduced the new identity prepared for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "You can call our old man, it sounds kind." ”

It is said that people's first impression is very important, and it comes from the heart.

Li Xiao has a handsome appearance and a kind face, which invisibly shortens the distance.

In addition, he was originally Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson-in-law, so it's okay to call the old man.

In fact, it is not just because of Li Xiao's kind face, but because he also bought a buff in the system mall.

This buff is called "approachable", anyone who touches Li Xiao will have a feeling like a spring breeze, and right now, Zhu Yuanzhang has this feeling.

"Okay, I'll call you old man."

Li Xiao smiled: "My surname is Li Mingxiao, a person from Beiping, thank you for the old man's rescue, right"

As he spoke, he took out seven or eight golden beans and stretched out his hand to hand them over: "Old man, you continue." ”

Erhu was sweating on his forehead on the spot.

Good guy, give the saint a bounty, it's really the first time that a yellow flower girl is on a sedan chair.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little displeased at the moment, and said: "I said that you are a person, let's save you, are you greedy for your little money?" If you insult us with money, where do you come from, go back, Zhang Hu, throw him back into the pit. ”

Li Xiao: "???? ”

Li Xiao is full of black lines, he has been in Daming for so long, and it is the first time he has seen such an old man with a strange temper, so don't be a little depressed if you have money.

But now it seems that the other party is indeed out of kindness to save himself, and this person is not short of money, or he has a good heart in ancient times, and he is indeed a little insulting.

"Old man, you blame me."

Fortunately, Li Xiao has also learned some skills in observing words and speaking in the palace these days, and hurriedly changed his words: "I want to ask the old man to do me a small favor again, I am now inconvenient in my legs and feet, I hope you can give me a ride, and by the way, find me an inn to live in." This money is the cost of the inn, so you can't let the old man out. ”

"That's pretty much it."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head, motioned to Zhang Hu to take the golden beans, and said, "One is enough." ”

Erhu nodded, walked over, and took a golden bean from Li Xiao's hand.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Why do you want to stay in the inn, don't you have relatives in Nanjing?" ”

Li Xiao explained: "It's not a secret, I just came to Nanjing to visit relatives, and now I want to go back to Beiping." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then why do you want to stay in the guest house?" ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "As the saying goes, we pass on good things to our families, and we put foreign affairs in our hearts." I'm just a little bit of a trivial matter, and I don't need to worry my family when I'm away from home. ”

Li Xiao didn't want his family to worry about him, after all, his father-in-law and those brothers-in-law were still fighting for the throne, so why let them worry about their own affairs?

Which is more important, Li Xiao can still carry it clearly.

Ning Yun couldn't say that if the girl knew that her foot was broken, she would probably be able to run all the way from Beiping to take care of herself.

"I can't see it, you kid is quite family-oriented."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, thinking that this grandson-in-law was good, and the news for the family was only good, not bad, and he was a gentleman.

At this time, Erhu proposed: "The master of the family, it is still far from the city, or settle him in the courtyard of the house, and the road ahead will be almost there." ”

It turns out that Erhu also settled in the yard, which is okay. Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That's okay, just settle down in our yard." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xiao and said, "There is a village in front, we have a yard there, and we will settle you there for a few days to recuperate, are you willing?" ”

"I can live wherever I want."

Li Xiao smiled: "I'm afraid of troublesome old man." ”

"It's not troublesome, it's also fate with you, after so many years, it's the first time we've saved people."

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head, then boarded the carriage and ordered Zhang Hu to help Li Xiao up.

Got into the carriage.

Li Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was worried that no one would save him until night.

"It's really strange, this road is good, how can there be a pit."

After getting into the carriage, Li Xiao sat down firmly, and then frowned.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Old man, I didn't ask you, I was puzzled, it is estimated that corrupt officials are cutting corners in road construction, and after a long time, I don't care about the cracking and collapse of the road." ”

Unexpectedly, the other party found a reason to explain, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled heartily, and said in his heart, no one dares to be greedy at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

He suddenly thought of the Enke Hall that had been built in the palace many years ago.

The first time I went in, I broke the floor tiles with one foot and stepped out of a big hole.

The person who built the palace was Manan Mountain, which was recommended by Li Shanchang.

Neither of them lived long anyway

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "There is this possibility, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are hateful!" We hate those corrupt officials the most in our lives. Today, the saint has done a good job, killing countless corrupt officials, but unfortunately, the people's hearts are not ancient snakes swallowing elephants, this corrupt official is like a weed, killing a batch, and another batch of people have emerged, and they can't be killed. ”

"It's really unfinished, after all."

Li Xiao smiled, but didn't continue.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't kill the corrupt officials because there were some problems in the system, and the officials had too little money to maintain decency, so it was inevitable that they would not move their evil thoughts.

"Young man, you seem to have something to say, but you dare not say it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked over and wanted to hear Li Xiao's opinion, after all, this grandson-in-law is talented in dealing with various disasters, and he may be able to give his opinion.

"There are some things that you really can't say."

Li Xiao smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

"What are you afraid of, there are no outsiders here, God knows you know I know, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Yuanzhang induced.

"No, no, no, can't say, can't say."

Li Xiao smiled and waved his hand.

"It's not okay for you to say this, you have aroused our desires, just like the words on the martial arts version of the Da Ming Moon Daily, which makes people unlucky!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have a good airway.

Li Xiao smiled: "The old man has also read the Tianlong Babu of that script? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I've read it, I'm unlucky, I saw the most exciting part, and I can't wait to pull out the person who came out of the newspaper and beat it." ”

Li Xiao: "."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't sell Guanzi, what is the second half of what you just said?" ”

Seeing the old man's thirsty look, Li Xiao used [his heart] to look at his inner thoughts.

[I'm in a hurry, this kid, half of what he says, it's itchy, you say, are you still afraid that we won't be able to spread it?? ] Hmph, how can we pass it on, who do we pass it on?? 】

Hearing this, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the old man who saved himself, although he has a strange temper, is also a master who keeps his promises and will not spread it out.

Since it is not spread, it doesn't hurt to talk about it.

"Okay, old man, you don't ask for anything in return for saving me, and I don't need to hide it."

"Come on, don't sell it."

Li Xiao opened his mouth and said: "Actually, the saint has a good heart, for the Ming Dynasty, for the people, and for the livelihood of the world!" It's a pity that there was a problem with his approach, which led to the inexhaustible killing of all corrupt officials in the world! There are two main reasons. ”

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang still heard it beautifully, but he heard the frown behind him frowning slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said secretly, this kid really had an idea, and hurriedly asked, "Which two?" ”

Li Xiao said: "The first reason. That is, the money was not given in place, and the heart was wronged. ”

This is not made up by himself, but it was ended by Mr. Ma in later generations.

Li Xiao was the governor of the county during this time, and he also went deep into the grassroots.

Even the grassroots are full of corruption, not to mention the above.

"The money was not given in place, and I was wronged??"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "I thought you had any lofty opinions, superficial!" also said that the saint's money was not in place, but we heard that some time ago, the saint also added money to the officials of the world, and the officials' money was much more than that of the people. Talking about grievances, that's even more nonsense, holding authority in your hands, what are you wronged? What is there to be wronged about?? What do you mean, but the Holy One is too bad for them? ”

"That's right, it's a bit bad."

Li Xiao nodded.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.

He gave the officials a prescription, but he studied it carefully.

and let the officials not be too rich, lest they fall.

They can't be too poor, they are much better off than the people.

But to put it badly, this is simply ridiculous.

Zhu Yuanzhang resisted the anger in his heart, and calmly threw out the question: "Tell me, what's wrong?" I think you're just saying good things about corrupt officials. ”

"What good things do I say to corrupt officials."

Li Xiao was also a little unconvinced.

Since you don't know, then I'll make it clear to you.

Li Xiao explained: "First of all, it is Yulu, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are too low, think about it, who is an official, which is not a cold window to study hard for decades, after many tests, to get an official position, the cost of time is so high, the result is more than the money earned by the people." I've heard that some officials are still wearing clothes with patches, so you see, it's hard to be a clean official. ”

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang himself has thought about this problem, which is why he discussed it with Zhu Biao not long ago and added money to the officials.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Didn't the saint add Yu Lu not long ago? ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Speaking of this plus Yulu, I have something to say, what is added is not silver, but Daming treasure banknotes." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Isn't Daming treasure money just money, what's the difference?" ”

Li Xiao said: "The old man must have not been to buy anything for a long time, so is the Daming treasure banknote still called money?" Isn't that just straw paper? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved, and he almost burst out, but he still suppressed his impulse and asked, "Why do you say this?" Daming treasure banknotes are worthless again? ”

That's right, Zhu Yuanzhang said the word "again".

Because of the five years of Hongwu and the eighteenth year of Hongwu, both times the Ming treasure banknotes were implemented.

The back has become waste paper, and the people don't recognize it.

"It's falling like straw paper, one price a day."

Li Xiao said: "This is not nonsense, the treasure banknote is not linked to gold, just rely on the imperial court to take it for granted, as much as you want to print, it is inevitable that it will become straw paper later." My father-in-law suffered a big loss, the silver was exchanged for treasure money, and the price fell by half, and the house almost couldn't function, and I also lost it to me for helping him. ”

This.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear the news, and the imperial court still issued the treasure money.

But no one mentioned it, these idiots really report good news and not bad news, they haven't been down and walked around for a long time, and they really don't know the people's suffering.

If you let the officials and vassal kings take the lead this time, can't you promote the treasure money?

Even Zhu Di suffered a loss, and he almost couldn't run the mansion?

Zhu Yuanzhang was thoughtful, and asked after a while: "What do you mean when you say that the treasure banknote is linked to gold?" ”

Li Xiao waved his hand: "This involves the principle that treasure money can not be depreciated, it is too complicated, you don't understand it, we can't be the master, don't say it." ”

After speaking,

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelids obviously jumped.

It seems that the implementation of treasure money has failed again

But the grandson's son-in-law said that there can be a way to keep the treasure money from depreciating!!

If it really works

You must get this method yourself!!

Li Xiao opened his mouth at this time and said: "To get back to the point, in short, the depreciation of the treasure banknotes, and the income of those officials is equal to not being added, so the money is still not in place, and the officials have less money, and the less money is prone to corruption." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and Zhu Biao also analyzed it with himself at that time.

He shook his head again and said, "In the end, it's still greed. Even if it's less, it's much better than the people. ”

Why does this old man have a bit of an axis in his brain, Li Xiao explained:

"But the people don't have to study hard for decades, and they have to walk thousands of troops and horses to participate in the imperial examination, and there are more students, who have spent more than ten years of hard work and a lifetime, and in the end they have nothing and starve to death in a broken grass house. With this kind of difficulty, the official position obtained is better than that of the people, can they balance it in their hearts??? Besides, being an official is not better than the people, but also socializing and maintaining decency, which requires silver. ”

"Is it for money to be an official?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked rhetorically.

Li Xiao spread his hands: "It's not, most of it is for money, in fact, people are very cheesy, and it is too difficult to make them noble." Confucius couldn't do it. If he can do it, there can still be so many corrupt officials? Firewood, rice, oil and salt, which one is not worrying? It is too difficult to use morality to restrain people, and it is necessary to use a system, a reasonable system. ”

Listened to this.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

If ordinary people dared to say this in front of him, I am afraid that he would have taken off the human head a long time ago, which was questioning his decision-making.

But these words came out of Li Xiao's mouth.

He studied Li Xiao's question paper for a long time, and felt that Li Xiao was talented.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang pondered a little more and felt that what he just said was indeed reasonable.

Confucius, a sage, can't be noble for everyone, so how can he do it?

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know whether it was right or wrong.

Although he is an emperor, he is also a mortal, and he does not have the vision of Li Xiao who can understand the rise and fall of history in later generations.

"You said that your heart was wronged, what is going on?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"It's even simpler."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Being an official in the Ming Dynasty has a lot of things to do and little rest. Don't say anything else, let's just talk about the official position of the county, the small official of sesame mung beans, and there is a group of people pressing on it.

The official level crushes people to death, and everyone who comes has to coax and arch.

The days of rest throughout the year can be counted on one hand.

Not only to deal with superiors, but also to deal with subordinates.

A thousand threads on the top and a needle on the bottom.

Cut constantly, and the reason is still messy.

Shouldn't all the decrees be implemented at the county level in the end?

But what's below the county level?

Nothing!

If the imperial power does not go to the countryside, there will be no court institutions further down.

If the magistrate wants to do good things, he must have a good relationship with the local squires and gentry, otherwise the matter cannot be implemented.

With this good relationship, it is inevitable that there will be corruption, and it is inevitable!

It was done well, and the people said that the magistrate colluded with the squire to contend with each other.

If it is not done well, the officials are gone, and the head is not protected.

You just say that this official, it is not difficult to be a person, and it is not wronged.

It is necessary to please the above, to please the below, and to make friends with the local gentry.

All year round, there is still a lot of money.

In this kind of high-pressure environment, people's hearts are prone to perversion, and if you pay so much, you can't be greedy? ”

Li Xiao has been the magistrate of the county for so long, this is his own experience.

But fortunately, he is the son-in-law of King Yan, and he can do everything according to his own heart.

This is the case for most of the ordinary magistrates.

"Seems to make sense."

After listening, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought again.

He knew that Li Xiao had done Zhixian, and the other party didn't know his identity, so it was likely that he was saying the most truthful words.

On weekdays, when those officials see themselves, they dare not tell the truth.

And Li Xiao's words were different from what he usually heard.

It's really different, and it's been said very thoroughly.

The money was not given, and I was aggrieved

Is this really the case that will lead to rampant corruption that cannot be eradicated?

This has always been a problem in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and it has not been able to solve it for more than ten years.

Conversations.

The group entered a village.

Outside the village, farmland is intertwined.

By this time, the carriage had already reached a courtyard outside.

The yard is quite large, and the area is probably half an acre.

This courtyard was prepared by Erhu in advance, not only prepared a courtyard for Zhu Yuanzhang, but also prepared an identity, in short, not to let Li Xiao know His Majesty's identity.

"The head of the house, it's here."

Erhu shouted.

"Zhang Hu, help this young man to the room."

Zhu Yuanzhang commanded.

Afterwards, Li Xiao entered the yard, which was quite large, with some vegetables planted in it, as well as melons and fruits, a well, and a few rocking chairs, clean and tidy.

"Old man, your environment is okay, the air is sober, much better than the inn, my golden bean is really cost-effective."

Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Let's talk about it, I don't want you to have that little money, you kid, no wonder you just opened and closed your mouth to talk about money, cheesy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have a good airway.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "The people of the world are panicking, but they are just trying to break a few taels of silver, but this few taels of broken silver can solve all kinds of panic in the world, ensure the health of the elderly for ten thousand years, and their children can enter the school, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and grains." Old man, you don't understand, people who treat money as dung are either extremely powerful or rich. I think you, old man, are either big officials or big businessmen. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang became interested.

This kid speaks a set of truths, like that.

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Then what kind of people do you think?" ”

The voice fell.

The two tigers on the side breathed suffocated,

I couldn't help but get nervous

(End of chapter)